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    PH110: QM : Tutorial Sheet 1

    Notes:

    1. * marked problems will be solved in the Wednesday tutorial class.

    2. Please make sure that you do the assignment by yourself. You can consult your classmates and
    ensure you understand the concept. However, do not copy assignments from others.

    Compton Scattering

    1. * A photon of energy hν is scattered through 90◦ by an electron initially at rest. The scattered
    photon has a wavelength twice that of the incident photon. Find the frequency of the incident
    photon and the recoil angle of the electron.

    2. Derive the relation for the recoil kinetic energy of the electron and its recoil angle ϕ in Compton
    scattering. Show that
    ∆λ/λ
    K.E. (electron ) = hf
    1 + (∆λ/λ)
     
    hf θ
    cot ϕ = 1 + tan
    mc2 2

    3. Show that a free electron cannot absorb a photon so that a photoelectron requires bound electron.
    However, the electron can be free in Compton Effect. Why?

    4. Two Compton scattering experiments were performed using x-rays (incident energies E1 and E2 =
    E1 /2). In the first experiment, the increase in wavelength of the scattered x-ray, when measured at
    an angle θ = 45◦ , is 7×10−14 m. In the second experiment, the wavelength of the scattered x-ray,
    when measured at an angle θ = 60◦ , is 9.9×10−12 m.
    (a) Calculate the Compton wavelength and the mass (m) of the scatterer.
    (b) Find the wavelengths of the incident x-rays in the two experiments.

    5. Find the smallest energy that a photon can have and still transfer 50% of its energy to an electron
    initially at rest.

    6. *γ-rays are scattered from electrons initially at rest. Assume the it is back-scattered and its energy
    is much larger than the electron’s rest-mass energy, E ≫ me c2 .
    (a) Calculate the wavelength shift
    (b) Show that the energy of the scattered beam is half the rest mass energy of the electron, regardless
    of the energy of the incident beam
    (c) Calculate the electron’s recoil kinetic energy if the energy of the incident radiation is 150MeV

    7. In Compton Scattering, show that the maximum energy of the scattered photon will be 2m0 c2 ,
    irrespective of the energy of the incident photon. Find the value of θ0 , the angle at which the
    maximum energy occurs.

    8. * In a Compton scattering experiment (see figure), X-rays scattered off a free electron initially at
    rest at an angle θ(> π/4)), gets re-scattered by another free electron, also initially at rest.

    1
    (a) If λ3 − λ1 = 1.538 × 10−12 m, find the value of θ.
    (b) If λ2 = 68 × 10−12 m , find the angle at which the first electron recoils due to the collision.

    de Broglie hypothesis

    1. Calculate the wavelength of the matter waves associated with the following:

    (a) A 2000 kg car moving with a speed of 100 km/h.


    (b) A 0.28 kg cricket ball moving with a speed of 40 m/s.
    (c) An electron moving with a speed of 107 m/s.

    Compare in each case the result with the respective dimension of the object. In which case will it
    be possible to observe the wave nature.

    2. Show that the Bohr’s angular momentum quantization leads to the formation of standing waves by
    the electrons along the orbital circumference in hydrogen atom.

    3. Determine the de Broglie wavelength of a particle of mass m and kinetic energy K. Do this for both
    (a) a relativistic and (b) a non-relativistic particle.

    4. *Thermal kinetic energy of a hydrogen atom is ∼ kB T and the radius is ∼ r1 (= 0.53 Å, radius of
    the n = 1 Bohr orbit). Find the temperature at which its de Broglie wavelength has a value of 2r1 .
    Take the mass of the hydrogen atom to be that of a proton.

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